Movie of the Day: The Swearing Jar (2022) by Lindsay MacKay

A film about love, forgiveness, and self-recrimination, Lindsay MacKay’s beguiling The Swearing Jar follows would-be singer-songwriter Carey (Adelaide Clemens), who is reluctantly falling for Owen (Douglas Smith), a clerk at the local bookstore. The rub is that she’s still deeply in love with her husband, Simon (Patrick J. Adams). Employing a daring narrative strategy, The Swearing Jar argues that real love lingers — sometimes painfully, sometimes exhilaratingly — no matter how we or our situations change. Nominee Emerging Canadian Artist award, Calgary International Film Festival 2022 and WIFF Prize in Canadian Film, Windsor International Film Festival 2022. Link IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6692776/ Link Review: https://www.tiff.net/events/the-swearing-jar Link to watch: https://digital.tiff.net/film/the-swearing-jar/